topic Action Listeners and Managed Bean in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/action-listeners-and-managed-bean/m-p/238187#M191317 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am testing a little code, I am not sure if I am doing the right thing or not, but I am little curious that how can I do that.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Here is the step by step process of what I want to do .</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>1- In web-client-config-custom.xml I have defined an action, put it in a action-group and attached an action-listener as well.</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&lt;config&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;actions&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;action id="lookup_table"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;label&gt;Create Lookup Table&lt;/label&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;image&gt;/images/icons/edit_icon.gif&lt;/image&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;action-listener&gt;#{WebSettingsBean.setActive}&lt;/action-listener&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/action&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;action-group id="browse_create_menu"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;action idref="lookup_table" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/action-group&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/actions&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/config&gt;<SPAN 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/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;managed-bean-class&gt;com.someco.web.bean.WebSettingsBean&lt;/managed-bean-class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;managed-bean-scope&gt;session&lt;/managed-bean-scope&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;property-name&gt;browseBean&lt;/property-name&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;value&gt;#{BrowseBean}&lt;/value&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/managed-bean&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>This examples works fine and when I click on the link output line is printed on the server console.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>4 -Now I have another class "DummyClass" created in the same package as the above class it has a fucntion function "getRandValue"</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />public Integer getRandValue(){<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;int i = 123;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return new Integer(i);&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>5- I modified the function mentioned defined in step 2 </SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />public DummyClass setActive(ActionEvent event) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DummyClass obj = new DummyClass();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return obj;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Now this function return a DummyClass type object.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My question here is that how can action-listener call getRandValue function so that I can print the Integer value '123' on the console.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I modified action-listener like this ( which is not right i think )</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&lt;action-listener&gt;#{WebSettingsBean.setActive.getRandValue}&lt;/action-listener&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>and when run I get this exception </SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: Exception while invoking expression #{WebSettingsBean.setActive.getRandValue}<BR />caused by:<BR />javax.faces.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Bean: com.someco.web.bean.WebSettingsBean, property: setActive<BR /><BR />Hide Details<BR /><BR />javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: Exception while invoking expression #{WebSettingsBean.setActive.getRandValue}<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:168)<BR />at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:89)<BR />at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._broadcastForPhase(UIViewRoot.java:97)<BR />at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:171)<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationExecutor.execute(InvokeApplicationExecutor.java:32)<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.executePhase(LifecycleImpl.java:95)<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:70)<BR />at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:139)<BR />at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)<BR />at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)<BR />at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:81)<BR />at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)<BR />at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)<BR />at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)<BR />at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)<BR />at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)<BR />at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)<BR />at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)<BR />at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)<BR />at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845)<BR />at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)<BR />at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)<BR />at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)<BR />Caused by: javax.faces.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Bean: com.someco.web.bean.WebSettingsBean, property: setActive<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.el.PropertyResolverImpl.getPropertyDescriptor(PropertyResolverImpl.java:500)<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.el.PropertyResolverImpl.getPropertyDescriptor(PropertyResolverImpl.java:472)<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.el.PropertyResolverImpl.getProperty(PropertyResolverImpl.java:436)<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.el.PropertyResolverImpl.getValue(PropertyResolverImpl.java:85)<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.el.ELParserHelper$MyPropertySuffix.evaluate(ELParserHelper.java:535)<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.el.ValueBindingImpl.resolveToBaseAndProperty(ValueBindingImpl.java:473)<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.resolveToBaseAndProperty(MethodBindingImpl.java:183)<BR />at org.apache.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:117)<BR />… 22 more <SPAN 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that how can I do that.Here is the step by step process of what I want to do .1- In web-client-config-custom.xml I have defined an action, put it in a action-group and attached an action-listener Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:19:28 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/action-listeners-and-managed-bean/m-p/238187#M191317 alihammad 2009-11-20T07:19:28Z Re: Action Listeners and Managed Bean https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/action-listeners-and-managed-bean/m-p/238188#M191318 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Try</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>#{WebSettingsBean.active.randValue}</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:48:45 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/action-listeners-and-managed-bean/m-p/238188#M191318 mrogers 2009-11-24T23:48:45Z